Kang Zhensheng

Kang was born in Anyue County, Sichuan, on 13 October 1957.^[4] In 1975, in the late Cultural Revolution, he became a sent-down youth in Shiquan County, Shaanxi. After resuming the college entrance examination, he studied, then taught, at what is now Northwest A&F University.^[4]

He joined the Communist Party in October 1984. He was promoted to associate professor in April 1991 and to full professor in December 1994. He was honored as a Distinguished Young Scholar by the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars in 2001. In May 2004, he became dean of the College of Plant Protection, Northwest A & F University, a post he kept until December 2006. He was appointed as a "Chang Jiang Scholar" (or " Yangtze River Scholar") by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China in 2005.^[4]

• 1999 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Third Class)^[4]
• 2010 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class)^[4]
• 2012 State Science and Technology Progress Award (First Class)^[4]
• 27 November 2017 Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE)^[5]